Ran the blade through the set again. There was discomfort in the sensitive spots, but the 1K section was noticeably better this time. The 4K was tolerable, I felt like I could have done a full shave off it, but stopped a little less than half done so I could hone with the 8K and clean it up the rest.
I did a 2 pass run. The shave is passable I guess, but not the best I've had in terms of closeness. Comfort after, well there's no burn so I have that going for me. But the actual process left something to be desired, the razor seemed to tug ever so slightly. It's becoming really tempting to slurry up the dragon's tongue and clean this thing up because I feel like I had better results with that method, but that would defeat the whole purpose of this exercise. Which is to polish the basics.